Missile-projecting device



July 21, i925.

o. T. DOuGl-lg-RTY MISSILE PROJEGTING DEVICE Filed Aug. 1,2. l1924 Patented July 21, 1925.

eWENfT: noUc-HERTY; or sfr.' 15mm. MINNEsorAi MrssiLn-rnoanoTI-NeffnEvIoE.

Beit known that I, Oi' nir-"l". Donerianim", citi'zenaof the UnitedStates, residing'at St.. Paul, 'in' the fcouiity of Ramsey and State-of,

Minn'esota7 have invented .cert'a`inf nervi aiiilV usefulL Improvements in vMisteile-Proj ectriiigc .y Devices, ofavhich. the follo'wingris asfpeciii!k catioii p y y.

This inventionl relates to l' missile project ing-devices', and," has' for itsobge'ct'the' production ofi an' implement having in its 'mainv relationsyy purposes ai'idu'ses, the nature ofa toy; cz'ipablel of propelling throughv thief air with moreor less"A directional accuracy or4 precision projectile bodie'sof .varyir'igasize' andY` form.' "By theY use' loffthisY invention a rod-like piece such asa'n'arrow iiiaytlbe'sht: forth for' a considerable'idistance. .Again this" invention' may be 'employed to'` throiv' rounded objects such as marble's,.meani`ng" the'sinallporcelanrspheres with which boys play g"'ame's'.' lli'fact', thisi'nvention-.m'aybeff l y p y p p p Wi,ll"be"v readily'sefthjat if] the notched 'endl f pieces maybe kkselenit'ed "and "discl'iailgedat suitable markv or' target. Another'. useful" functionl of` thisinvention comprise'sf'the' killing' of: flies'o'r other insects,l by' striking" p n holder in onehand. an'tlfth'e vend .v of :the arf# t-liem' with the movable Lhead orV terminal y"of the' spvr'ir'i'g..` member,l as hereinafter more fully.deiscribe'd Thijsj invention consists' or parte having special construction, arrangement and oper-fV ation1 as illustrated" in the accompanying-f drawings,",ofavhich Fig." l represents aj. side" vieivA of all parts;` assembled shovvingy the spring in its' contracted position. Figi 2 the spring.. Fig. 3 is A,a section lengthwise`V of the'coiiibined :parts as" illustrated inl Fig; 1. Fig. 4 is an end view looking atl the loiver end as the parts appear in Fig. l, and showing the end provided with the iing-er-hold so-called for purposes of this description. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view ofthe ends of the spring, showing the heads or terminals thereof, and the manner in which they are usually attached to the spring ends.

Throughout the ydrawings and description the same letter is used to refer to the same part.

Considering; the drawings', the holder vor* barrel A is in practice a hollow Ytuloe of when' theheacis j are. attached; tneispring isf 'mi-.ned W'oofd.y having the@ fo'rinshown, f, but] this invention .isf not vir'iteidetl to be?. limited. to the speciticshape delin'atedl Y l .l 'l yovably in 'the' bore' orr passage. al ofy tli' hld'erA- .is vcoil spriiigB soriieivhat loiig er than thefh'oldeiias Shoah. lHeads' criermin'alsr C anCliD. engage-the@ ends-'Hof the spring', and.` a l*preferred mode of securing-v tlie headsfto' v the-spring. ends lis'sft forth'in Fig. 5,"that` is"t`o say; the mode?of;attach! ment is to turn the inner annulaneclge;,suoh as theedge'- d of the' annular headfl),joiitf iv'ardly over anH endcoil o'fthes'pringljr. It` is believed to be clear that other methods" may( loe-"followed for seciiiingftheterininals bor-,ei oiA passage" throughtlieholdef and locked inovably iii' tlie'passage vTo'one e Aai off me spring' thei finge" Q1 y E; campri'smg; a loop Afof'v Wire,v` is suitably" fastened", and 'it ro'iv bet-Weenlthe thiinib" and: lingers of' the" i other handf: 'VlienfreedQ the arrow"willv` be' L shot forcibly through the spring and'holde'r" by' n vvlrich movement" is'- directed y Af marble l-placed ini thef upper annular" term1nal"C,` may when the -spring is dra'Wn in it l necessary "toy operatefthe holder l'a horizontal? attitud'e a' sn'ial'l cat'chl plate or table-"H, with* .fihef'fdfpze @dienende the4 endl' ofthe"I holder as"illiis`trated' in j'Fig; 3f may be provided. In either arrangement, the marble is driven by a temporaryexten` sion of the spring Which carries vthe termi.-

ynal, C kfor an instant some little distance beyond the end of the holder. The appli- -cants assumption is thatthis effect is caused Figi" a,A that* they yheads are" larger". than thei momentum to throw the upper terminal C for an instant to some distance beyond the end of the holder as stated.

In explaining the operation of this invention it is thought that Fig. 2 and the foregoing statement will suffice, so far as the arrow is concerned. If a marble be placed on terminal C, and the spring snapped, it will be violently thrown from the terminal, and if the catch plate or con-. cave table H is used, the holder may be held practically horizontal while the spring is manipulated. Or, the holder may be aimed at an insect, and the spring drawn out and then quickly released. The terminal C will jump as described from the end of the hold er A, and strike the insect at some distance from the end of the holder, and in expert hands this peculiar use of this invention is especially effective.

Having now described this invention, and explained the mode of its operation, what I claim is l. In a spring device for projecting missiles, the combination with a holder havingl a passage through it, of a coil spring movably occupying the said passage, a head or terminal attached to one end of the spring, the said head being larger than the mouth of the said passage, the other end of the spring having secured thereto a'finger-hold whereby the spring may be elongated, the said head and the said finger-hold limiting the movement of the spring as a whole through the passage, whereby the release of the spring is followed first by a contractile action of the spring and then by temporary elongation thereof carrying the said head for a distance beyond the mouth of the said passage.

2. ln a spring device for projecting missiles, the combination with a holder having a passage through it, of a coil spring movably occupying the said passage, an annular head or terminal attached to one end of the said spring, the said head being larger than the mouth of the passage thereby preventing the withdrawal of the spring as a whole e in one. direction, the other end of the spring Y "having a finger-hold constructed to prevent the removal of the spring as a whole in the other direction, the said finger-hold enabling the spring to be elongated, the release of the spring being followed by a contractile action of the spring and a temporary elongation thereof carrying the said head for a distance beyond the mouth of the said passage through the holder.

3. In a spring device for projecting missiles, the combination with a holder having a passage through it, of a. coil springroccupying the said passage, an annular head or terminal attached to one end of the spring, the said head being larger than the mouth of the passage thereby preventing the withdrawal of the spring asa whole in one direction, the other end of the spring having a finger-hold comprising a wire loop and constructed to prevent the escape of the spring as a whole in the other direction, the

said finger-hold enabling the spring to be mouth of the passage thereby Vpreventing ,I

the withdrawal of the spring as a whole in one direction, a table supported by the holder adjacent the said head whereby 'a rounded projectile may be carried against the head with the holder horizontal, the other end of the spring having a linger-hold constructed to prevent the removal of the spring as a whole in the other direction, the said finger-hold enabling the spring to be elongated, and the release of the spring being followed by a temporary elongation thereof carrying the said head for a distance Ybeyond the mouth of the said passage and acting forcibly uponthe projectile.

In testimony whereof Ivaflix my signature.

OWEN T. DOUGHERTY. 

